The optical emission from ultraluminous X-ray sources

Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are point-like, non-nuclear sources which exceed the Eddington luminosity for a stellar mass black hole (BH). The emission from these sources might be beamed or super-Eddington, but it has also been pro posed that the compact object in these sources are intermediat...

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Main Author: Copperwheat, C. M.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2007
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689445